Any pop-punk fan in their right mind had a copy of Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue and played it on repeat mercilessly back in 2003. Since then Yellowcard have been putting out versions of Ocean Avenue and fans are still eating it up. The band just dropped their latest album Southern Air and while the album may not bring anything new to the table, when you find what works why change it?
The standout single from the album is “Here I Am Alive” featuring Tay Jardine from We Are The In Crowd, with whom Yellowcard will be touring with in the fall. The song gives the inspirational middle-finger to anyone who said that dreams don’t come true, i.e. that a small-town boy couldn’t beats the odds and accomplish his dreams of becoming a part of a successful rock band.
“Awakening” “Surface of the Sun”, “Rivertown Blues” and “Southern Air” follow Yellowcard-signature summer anthem structure with charging guitars intertwined with violin strains. “A Vicious Kind” and “Sleep In The Snow” are as angry as Yellowcard gets, the wounded strains of the violin matching the sting of the heartbreak in the lyrics frontman Ryan Key belts out so emphatically. Fellow pop-punkers Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low and Cassadee Pope of Hey Monday join the band on “Telescope”, a heartfelt love song that borderlines cliché. “Ten” exploits nostalgia to the full-extent with bittersweet reflections of the past.
Southern Air is now available for purchase on iTunes and for streaming on spotify. Catch Yellowcard on tour with The Wonder Years and We Are the In Crowd this fall.
Tour Dates:
Nov 02 Vinyl at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV
Nov 03 House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
Nov 05 Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
Nov 06 House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX
Nov 07 Emo’s East Austin, TX
Nov 09 Jannus Live! St Petersburg, FL
Nov 10 House of Blues Orlando Orlando, FL
Nov 11 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Nov 13 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
Nov 15 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
Nov 16 The Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Nov 17 Best Buy Theater New York, NY
Nov 18 House of Blues Boston, MA
Nov 20 House of Blues Cleveland, OH
Nov 21 St Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
Nov 23 House of Blues Chicago, IL
Nov 24 House of Blues Chicago, IL
Nov 25 Pops Sauget, IL
Nov 27 The Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
Nov 28 The Complex Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 30 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Dec 01 House of Blues Anaheim, CA
Dec 02 House of Blues San Diego, CA